Tobacco Use Among Mexican Farmworkers Working in Tobacco: Implications for Agromedicine

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Preisser JS ; Quandt SA ; Spangler JG
• Description:
  This survey evaluated tobacco use of migrant tobacco workers in eastern North Carolina. Sixty-nine (38%) out of 181 mostly male, Mexican farmworkers were smokers. Compared to non-smokers, three times more smokers reported alcohol use in the past week (p = 0.002). More smokers compared to non-smokers reported poor to fair health, and fewer had worked previously in tobacco agriculture, but these differences were not statistically significant. Also not statistically significant, those smokers who were older and those who understood the most English smoked more cigarettes per day. Because farmworkers are exposed to many non-tobacco respiratory irritants, and because of the health risks of smoking, those who smoke should be urged to quit. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emigration And Immigration Farmers Occupational Health Safety Smokers Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Migrant Farmworkers Cigarette Smoking Farm Workers Hispanics Migrant Workers Smoking Tobacco Tobacco Agriculture Tobacco Industry Tobacco Use
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  83-91
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057879
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2003 Jan; 9(1):83-91
• Contact Point Address:
  John G. Spangler, MD, MPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• Email:
  jspangle@wfubmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment And Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:467cbfb8932f4d92106a2ce196dbf59eb3543d2b5ab38abef1256a97ad11551ff1ea696b176cc627433e8bc829009dc3857309c0d23b02fa746dd38a92775ee3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215085/cdc_215085_DS1.pdf
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